After the game, Horton picked up two footballs from the sidelines, made two blowing kisses to all the audience, and then kicked the ball to the audience. When he walked out of the entrance of the field, he was stopped by a reporter from CCTV and accepted an interview.

Horton looked a little excited, tears flashing in his eyes, his voice trembling as he spoke. "I can't express my mood in words now. I'm proud of the young men. They are all my good kids!"

Horton was even more involuntary than his last victory over Japan. "I haven't sat down for 90 minutes. Now I want to go back and rest. Open the bottle of Kamaba to celebrate with the children. You should interview them, they are the heroes today!"

"This is the most important day in our lives. Chinese football has reached its peak in history. Everyone who cares about and loves Chinese football has contributed to this moment. Our performance is great! We performed well before this. Today is a success. We have shown Chinese football to the world. No matter what, we have to care about the next game now."

"Don't ask me technical and tactical questions now. It's not that my mind is very messy when I'm here. I think the players and I need to have a good rest and see how we play future games. Celebration is tomorrow's business, so leave it to those lovely fans to plan!"

Speaking of this, Horton almost burst into tears. He turned around and looked at the fans in the stands who still refused to leave, and said to the camera: "I also want to thank those fans who always cheered us on. They are so cute, I love them!" At this time, the camera pushed into the stands, and many Chinese fans waved flags with Horton's name and T-shirts with his avatar.

China will be sleepless again tonight, and the Chinese will sing and sing until dawn...

Chinese captain Fan Zhiyi, who was watching the bench, also said excitedly: "Our national team played so well. Now we have to face the Brazil team again. We tied the game in the last game, and now we have a chance to prove our strength again."

"This is the best game we have played since this World Cup. Our players cooperate closely. We said that if we can qualify in the group, we will go further. Now we are happy to fulfill this promise. Next, we will face Brazil. In order to reach the final, we will do our best. Our victory has given us the respect of everyone. There are those who support us and those who do not support us. We will use our strength to speak to those who do not support us on the court."

Li Weifeng, who was sweating, had a little curled up his tongue: "We are so excited. But we know very well that the next game against Brazil is different from the last time we fought with them. They will also give their all, but they are not impeccable either. So the chances of winning are equal."

Li Yin also floated: "We played a wonderful game. In the game against Brazil, we will also perform well to beat them."

Zheng Zhi, who scored the only goal, could not help but be excited: "We played the best game since the start of the game."

“We are very happy to be able to do this, and our goal is to reach the finals now.”

When asked "whether the Chinese team can stop Brazil from entering the finals", Zheng Zhi said: "Why can't it? We tied them in the group stage. Although the process is really difficult, we will do better this time, 11-on-11, I think the opportunities for both sides are equal."

"The match against Brazil will be different from previous matches. Our two teams already know each other very well. They will definitely cause trouble for us in the game, but we already have experience in the group stage."

"We are not afraid of Brazil. They have won four World Cups, but we are not afraid of them, we are not afraid of any opponents. Maybe this time they will be afraid of us."

"We are only 180 minutes away from winning the World Cup, and if we continue to maintain our confidence, anything can happen."

Zheng Zhi is floating...

Of course, he must boost morale at this time. You can't pour cold water on it. Although his dream is very ethereal, he has made it to the semi-finals. What else can he say?

"Sports Weekly" reported at the first time that "China entered the semi-finals!". The Chinese team, who entered the World Cup for the first time, staged a wonderful show between today and Senegal, the world cup's biggest dark horse. At the beginning of the game, both teams showed good ball control ability. Senegal soon formed a shot, but did not score with the efforts of the Chinese defender. The threatening attack of the Chinese team started in the 25th minute after the opening. Until the 43rd minute, the Chinese team's core Zheng Zhi used a set piece opportunity to complete the goal. He copied Ronaldinho's wonderful hanging shot the day before, and the goalkeeper was beyond the reach!

Sina Sports reported on the victory that the Chinese team had just won with the title "We are entering the semi-finals". The whole country cheered for it, and Chinese football reached an unprecedented height. Chinese people around the world are celebrating this historic victory. All the Turks forgot the economic downturn at this moment and rushed to the streets to celebrate.

According to the Suogu Net, the Chinese team defeated Senegal 1-0 and advanced to the semi-finals. They will face Brazil again in the semi-finals. Senegal's offensive was fast within 90 minutes, but did not score. Chinese team commander Zheng Zhi eliminated Senegal with a free kick and sent the Chinese team to the semi-finals, thus achieving a historic victory.

"China vs. Brazil again" reported that the Chinese national team played quite difficult in today's game, but the team united and united. In the end, the Chinese team entered the semi-finals with a free kick from the Chinese team's football hero Zheng Zhi. The Chinese team will face their old enemy Brazil on the 26th of this month.

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There are also crazy reports on the Chinese team internationally.

Although the Japanese team was eliminated by the Chinese team, the Japanese media still reported the game objectively.

Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun said that as the new team of the World Cup, the Chinese team and Senegal entered the top eight as new faces participating in the World Cup final stage, which should be said to be very rare. They entered the quarterfinals entirely by their own strength, unlike some teams relying on the referee's help. What is even more exciting is that one of the new faces of the two World Cups must enter the World Cup semi-finals, which will be a strong mark in writing their own national football history. Moreover, the quarter-finals between the two teams that also advocate offense will inevitably collide with violent sparks.

Yomiuri Shimbun believes that in the first half, Senegal relied on superb personal skills to use rapid offense to attack the Chinese team's defense line, while the Chinese team relied on the overall organization and the advantages of the midfield control area. Senegal had more opportunities, but they lacked a final scorer! The Chinese team had world footballer Zheng Zhi, who made a free kick from Zheng Zhi.

The title of the comment article of the British Guardian is "Zheng Zhi lit up the road to Brazil". The article said that Zheng Zhi sent the Chinese team to the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time with a free kick in the 43rd minute. They will face their opponents Brazil in the group stage on Wednesday.

Italian "Milan Sports" said in a commentary article that Zheng Zhi's free kick allowed the Chinese team to play the semi-finals, and they will meet Brazil again in the semi-finals! With Italy already being eliminated, the Chinese team has now become the target of support from the Italians.

Spain's "Maca" said that China's 1-0 defeat of Senegal showed its strength to win the championship, but their opponent was Brazil in the group stage, and Brazil is the biggest favorite to win the championship now. Judging from its group stage performance, it is difficult for the Chinese team to pass the Brazilian team's level.

Reuters: "Zheng Zhi's goal allowed the Chinese team to pass the mark." The article said that the Chinese team and Senegal team were in a fast game, but the Chinese team, which obviously had superstar Zheng Zhi, was better. With Zheng Zhi's goal, they successfully reached the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Argentina's "Ole" "Zheng Zhi led the Chinese team to the semi-finals". After 90 minutes of hard fighting, the two new World Cup teams decided the victory and loss. The goal came from world footballer Zheng Zhi, who had a free kick knocked the door to Senegal. Now the Chinese team will face Brazil in the semi-finals on Wednesday, which will be a replica of the fierce confrontation between the two teams in the group stage, in which the two teams tied.

The wonderful World Cup journey of Senegal was ended by Zheng Zhi's free kick. Senegal failed to surpass Cameroon's achievements in the World Cup 12 years ago and ended in the quarterfinals. It was indeed amazing that a strong Chinese entered the semi-finals.

Deutsche News Agency: Although the game was not exciting, the Chinese team's victory was unquestionable. The fierce midfield battle and rough shooting skills made only one goal in the 90 minutes of the game. The Chinese have stronger ball control ability, and African footballer Diouf occasionally showed his talent, but the World Footballer solved everything with one kick, and his free kick made history.

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Brazil is the most sensational.

"Global Sports" is China again?!

In the Federation Cup and the World Cup, we tied with the Chinese team. Now this is the third time we are in a fight. We can no longer let the Chinese team go! After crossing the Chinese team, we will reach the World Cup final three times in a row!

The Chinese team will not be so lucky. Our forwards cannot miss the opportunity to score goals. This time they must kill the Chinese team!

The Brazilian media is extremely helpless against the Chinese team. In the first two times when Brazil had the advantage, the Chinese team tied the Chinese team by placing a bus. This time they were even more trying to sharpen their knives.

"Brazil 2002" Sports Network commented: Although the Brazilian team has certain psychological advantages, the Chinese team that has made a comeback cannot be underestimated. Their strength and style of play pose greater threat to the Brazilian team than the English team. The Chinese team's strong style and fierce fighting are what Brazilian big names, who are good at skill, are worried about. The biggest advantage of the Chinese team is that they have no pressure. It is already a big gain for the Chinese team. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of wearing shoes, the Brazilian team must not capsize!

However, Brazil 2002 found the reason for Brazil to advance Brazil had faced England in three World Cups in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and finally returned to the championship. England is Brazil's "lucky boy". Brazil once again kicked away this "happy enemy" in the quarter-finals, laying the foundation for the Samba Corps to ascend to the throne of the king for the fifth time. In addition, Brazil has been crowned the king in the past four times, and each host country has earthquakes, just like after Brazil won the championship in 1970, nearly 10,000 people died and disappeared in Mexico. Before Brazil dominated the United States in 1994, there was also an earthquake in Los Angeles. A slight earthquake occurred in Tokyo, Japan last week, which may be a sign of Brazil's victory...

However, Brazil's current team is not as optimistic as the media imagines, because suspensions and injuries are affecting them.

Ronaldinho is definitely going to miss the semi-finals, and ace scorer Ronaldo may also be out due to injury. After Brazil's 2-1 victory over England, Ronaldo's right thigh muscles felt pain, and the Brazilian team doctor asked him to have a good rest.

Brazilian team doctor Lasmar said that he cannot draw a conclusion on his injury yet. The first thing he needs to do is to take is that they will observe his injury.

But the stubborn Ronaldo himself said that he will definitely participate in the semi-finals and that he has plenty of time to recover and nothing to worry about.

When I learned that the opponent was the Chinese team, Ronaldo also accepted an interview with Global Sports. I actually knew that we would meet again. After the group stage tied with the Chinese team, I met Zheng Zhi and met again in the semi-finals. This was a beautiful agreement, but this time the Brazilian team will definitely laugh to the end. I can only express regret to Zheng in advance, because the Brazilian team must reach the final and win the World Cup championship!

When Ronaldo said this, his eyes were full of murderous aura. No one was more eager for the arrival of the final than him. He had been waiting for four years! No, if it was counted from 1994, he had been waiting for two or eight years! In eight years, he wanted to win the fifth Hercules Cup for Brazil.

But head coach Scolari is not as sharp as Ronaldo, and he dare not be arrogant. In an interview with reporters, he has always emphasized that the Chinese team is impactful and has dangerous killers.

"Who do you think is the most threatening player in the Chinese team?" asked the reporter.

"There is no doubt, Zheng!" The old man with a serious face looked serious and immediately spit out Zheng Zhi's name without any hesitation, "He is too dangerous! Without him, the Chinese team would not be able to enter the semi-finals. He and Ronaldo are of the same level! He is one of the greatest midfielders, and I will send someone to focus on him."

Scolari not only commented on Zheng Zhi, but also mentioned Qu Bo.

“No. 7 is a pretty fast player, and he can also cause huge trouble to our defense.”

"There is no need to say anything. The player's ability is unquestionable."

"There is also No. 9. He is a striker who plays in the Bundesliga and has a very good goal efficiency."

“No. 11,”

"But I'm very grateful that their 5th and 8th were injured, which was a huge blow to their defense and the best news for us."

"Of course, what impressed me the most was their No. 1. The Arsenal goalkeeper's save was too exaggerated. This time I don't want him to perform well again! I even have to consider whether to ask the Wizard to curse him?"

This one is good, that one is good, Scolari is crazily praising his opponents, and the more Chinese journalists listen, the more they become more energetic...

Scolari also talked about the referee's issue.

"I don't think there is anything to complain about." Scolari said in a tone of defense for the referee. "Punishment issues are common in games. In international competitions like the World Cup, it is even more difficult for referees to tie the water. I think their performance is not as excessive as the outside world comments."

In the end, he showed his ambitions:

"We are not unpopular. Although we performed poorly in the qualifiers, we have completely recovered in the World Cup. We have relied on our own strength to get to where we are today. This World Cup has indeed left many regrets, but we are very lucky that we are not one of them."

"The next game is tough, but I swear we will definitely go to the end. We won't be afraid of any difficulties."

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Although I was facing the strongest Brazil, the preparation atmosphere of the Chinese team was still quite relaxed.

At Oguchi Stadium, after more than 50 minutes of confrontation training, the stadium was already drizzling. But everyone refused to finish the training and began to practice penalty shots and shot wildly. Obviously, they had imagined the game very difficult and were even ready to deal with the penalty shootout.

Zheng Zhi was the first to go to the penalty spot, and then he tapped his right foot and the ball went into the dead corner on the left. Goalkeeper Ou Chuliang gave him a thumbs up. The second one shot was Shao Jiayi, who was very hard on his feet. This guy helped him run, but pushed the ball into the goal extremely gentle. Ou Chuliang, who was playing in the wrong direction, was laughing and crying. Shao Jiayi, who made a prank, smiled proudly.

The funny thing is Qu Bo. This guy who loves dribbling actually swayed left and right in front of the penalty kick, as if he was fantasizing that he had successfully broken through the defense of 10 opponents' players, and then knocked the ball into a dead corner.

Surprisingly, many international players including Li Weifeng, Qi Hong, Zhao Junzhe did not score a penalty. At this time, many reporters asked them why they didn’t score a penalty and whether they wanted to keep a move. Unexpectedly, these guys actually complained that the turf of the Dagong Park Stadium was bumpy, which led to their own penalty kick.

However, Horton would not allow players to play tricks under his nose. He widened his eyes and raised his beard and said angrily: "Everyone does 100 push-ups for me, and then runs around the field for 10 laps!"

The players who wanted to play tricks were stunned and quickly asked for another chance to give themselves a penalty. If they didn't get the penalty, they were willing to do 200 push-ups and run 20 laps around the field. As a result, all of these guys escaped the punishment.

Just as Horton turned and left, Li Weifeng and Zhao Junzhe winked at goalkeeper Ou Chuliang. It turned out that although Ou Chuliang deliberately pretended to use his energy to save the penalty, he actually let the water go...

After the training, Zheng Zhi was interviewed and talked about the semi-finals with Brazil. He first smiled like a prank and said, "We don't have high requirements, let's win three goals!"

Seeing the Brazilian reporter's eyes wider than eggs, Zheng Zhile fell down and said seriously: "This will be a pretty difficult game, but we will try to disrupt the rhythm of the Brazilian team."

"Ronaldinho is suspended and Ronaldo may also be out due to injury. This is good news for you, right?"

Zheng Zhi said with a smirk: "Ronaldo was not injured, the reporters are writing... This is the smoke bomb that Scolari put on, and our Fan Zhiyi and Li Yin were also injured, which will hit us even more, so Brazil took advantage." —

Outside the Chinese team camp in Saita, many Chinese team fans always wait here. Most of these people followed the team and rushed to Saita from Osaka for four or five hours.

They talked about Zheng Zhi, and a middle-aged man immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Zheng Zhi is the greatest star? Do you know the star? Stars are the ones who create miracles in key games. I can bet with you that Zheng Zhi is destined to send the Chinese team to the finals on the 26th!"

He has reasons to be obsessed with Zheng Zhi. He said: "He has this ability, and he has never disappointed us. Whether in China, in Frankfurt, Leverkusen or Inter Milan, he has always stood at the top and he looks down on the world."

He said: "The Chinese team should use a stable formation to deal with Brazil. In the first few games, our team's formation was very flexible. Sometimes the striker was only Yang Chen, sometimes Yang Chen and Su Maozhen advanced together, and sometimes Qu Bo also moved forward. Flexible combat was not wrong, but to deal with a team with experience and ability like Brazil, only by stabilizing the formation can it be equivalent to stabilizing the midfield. You must know that Zheng Zhi in the midfield decides the team!"

Of course, there are also Chinese fans who are pessimistic about the semi-finals. Two girls who came from China who came to watch the ball specifically said: "If neither of those two Rs can play, this is the most favorable news for the Chinese team. At this time, Zheng Zhi will play the role of a star and give the Brazilian a fatal blow."

Two R, of course, are talking about Ronaldinho and Ronaldo...

In the opinion of Spinach Company, this semi-final is actually not very suspense.

The latest odds offered by William Hill bookmaker in the UK are unanimously optimistic about Brazil. The specific odds are:

Brazil wins 1.44; draws 3.75 in 90 minutes; China wins 6.00

Scored the first goal for Brazil: Ronaldo 3.50; Rivaldo 4.00; De Nielsen 10.00; Carlos 15.00; Juninho 17.00;
To be continued...